内容简介
HowcantheFather,theSon,andtheHolySpiritbedistinctandyetidentical?PromptedbythedoctrineofthedivineTrinity,thisquestionsparkedcenturiesoflivelydebate.InthecurrentcontextofrenewedinterestinTrinitariantheology,RussellL.FriedmanprovidesthefirstsurveyofthescholasticdiscussionoftheTrinityinthe100-yearperiodstretchingfromThomasAquinas'earliestworkstoWilliamOckham'sdeath.Tracingtwocentralissues–theattempttoexplainhowthethreepersonsaredistinctfromeachotherbutidenticalasGod,andtheapplicationtotheTrinityofa'psychologicalmodel',onwhichtheSonisamentalwordorconcept,andtheHolySpiritislove–thisvolumeoffersabroadoverviewofTrinitarianthoughtinthethirteenthandfourteenthcenturies,alongwithfocusedstudiesoftheTrinitarianideasofmanyoftheperiod'smostimportanttheologians.